n:iois or Tin; americax." HEMKV II. MASSLR, PlBMSHKHS Al JOSEPH ElSBLY. $PorRiTon. . If. TJ.2SSif, Editor. urriCI IS NA1K BT STRUT, MKA UTtH. THE" AMERICAN" is published every Satur day at TWO UOLLAflS per nniim to be Jiuij halfyeurly in advance. No Jiaycr discontin ued till all arrearage! ate paid. No subscriptions received ftr a 1cm period than nix mosth.i. All communications or letters on business relating tolho otlico, to insure attention, must be POS'I' PAID. .i .. . . " i , j . From Graharrfs Magazine for March. 'The Trodril Street. KT WIIMAM Cl-LH!!f BntATfT. 1,ft me move slowly through (lie street, Filled with an evcrshiftina 1rait, Amid llie Siinnil of step fhst'bcat. The mnrmnrinir walks like antnmn Tarn, llnw fust the flitting figures rome! The mild, the fierce, the tnrry face'; 'Some lit ight with fhouchles smile, and some Where secret trarti have left their trace. They piss to toil, 1o strife, to Test ; To hnlls in which (he feast i spread; To chambers where the funeral...

The iip.m morning after receivirif this corres pondence, the Senstor rated in his place in the Senate, so soys tbe puMte press, that bo ha J called oa we nd I hai expressly Rented making (ny3Iiicni to him whatever ; whiJst at the Mae time tie had this home Urnostin his p xktA, to which he did sat wi refer. li fact it appear to haw been entirely satisfactory. Brrt th Senator from the county of Philadel phia has concealed hit real motive in asking Cfacir CorxmlU.ee to tchiletetsh himself. Ti re novate an exhausted reputation at the expense of an impoverkbed public Treasury is the spring wbicli has set thia whole proceeding in motion. In regard to this investigation, the Senate may raise Committee apm Committee, to re-establish tbe dilapidated character of one of their number, but they wilt learn that until it cxto9 a proper degree of fairness towards the other branch of the Legislature, it action will not I trust excite contempt from me ; and iu all investigations which may grow out o...

Frnm the Afb0.n1 Argun. lwmt chumitv. Orra LanrfSlid at Troy Tarty Live Lost Several BaiMngi Destroyed, We have ecceunrs of feat ful calamity at Troy occasioned by a land elide, acrrceTy inferior in e tent, and it ii rearer), een more destrtrcliee of life, Iban that which occurred several years ago. Thcalitle cecirrrci south of the former one, on the tame k 41 tTie avalanche crushing and nearly burying acvetal frame hwililmgi at the foot of the hill, and extending qufce across Main atreel. 1'he verbal eocoanrs vary in particular, but all concur in rcpresentrng the loss of life and the acme nf distress an tercrMe beyond description. The following letter from TKmenponAent furniahea all the particulars e yet within reach J TaoT.Feh. IT, half put 5, P. M. Mksshs, UnMSwtLi Our ty has been again visited With an awful calamity. Another terrible avalanche has swept houses and farrrrtics a'way in its course of destruction, It isaseliss to attempt to particularise when il is vttcrly impossiMe...

THE VETO. 7b the Senate and Hnvie of ftepreientativtt of the Commontttallh of Ptnntylvaniu. Gtim.(Kt s I regret tht in Imperative sense of duty compels me to return the Dill, entitle J "An Act 10 pr.iiJe forth election of Representative of the people of thii State in the Congress of the United States," to the House of Representatives, in which it originated, without my approbation. Thie legrel in increased by the consideration that I have atreeJy interposed to arrest the passage of a Kill for the time purpoee, anJ in many respecte substantially the same at the present. But un pleasant ai it is, I cannot yield -my assent to the passage of this bill, bearing on its face such glaring objestions. I beg leave to call your attention to my menage of the 6th of January last, returning the former hill, entitled "An Act to divide the State into Congressionol districts for the election of Re presentatives in the Congress of the United States," for the ground-work of several strong objections t...

Oriental Republic country comprising tbntit 90,000 an, miles, end many Inhabitant. AnJ fur thii siveial thousand lives and million of money bave already hern lost. JV. Y. Tribune, The Sennington, Vb Banner givee the follow ing aa Prophet Millet's description of the coming of the Son of man t "A amall bright spot will first appear in the east, which will gradually expand as it approaches the rarih. Dy and bye, amall cloud will appear be. fore (he luminous ball and between it and the earth. On thif rloud will be aeen the Son of Man, etanJing eiect, hie figure plainly visible to the spec titon on the earth. At the anutid of a trumpet (or some other signal.) have gradually illuminated the whole heavens, the righteous dead ahall rise from their resting place and the risen and the living eainla shall rise together be caught up and meet the Saviour in (he air, when they will instantly I rhanged and clerhed wiih immortality. The Hi. viour will then present them to the Father, whose presence...

Another Tragical ArThlr. The following letter was received from a (fiend in Bradford county, by the editor of the Philadelphia Evening Journal. "Some eighteen months ago a Rev. Mr. Le fevre camo to a quiet valley of the Susquehan na, in quest of a congregation, over which to exercise his pastoral charge. . Ilia c'othca were somewhat thread worn, and the wig of his reverence had evidently seen better days. His devout appearance and exceeding zeal, ac companied by considerable talent, noon ingrati ated him with the people of a most respectable church, who after some attention to the out ward man in the way of a coat and wig, placeJ in their pulpit a man who for months was the nitmirntion of the surrounding country for his eloquence, zeal and piety. It is now discovered that the wig-covered Reverend has made a young member of his Church a mother, without its rites. The young lady is ofa plain but highly respectable fami ly, herself young, beautiful, unmarried, and remarkable for the pu...

Dnowsrn. On Saturday afternoon las', Mr. DiVtn Fot, of Rush township. Northumberland county, i crossing tho river opposite tliia town with two horse alcigh. When within twenty ysrds of the opposite shore, the ice broke, and the two horses attached to the sleigh, were drowned, Mr. Fox himself making narrow escape. The horses were found some time afterwards a short distance below. Danrille Democrat. On Tuesday las', by (he Re. Wm. R. Smith, Mr. Washihato Smith, of Augusta, to Miss A Miui PcasEt, of this place. On Thursday the 23d ult., by the Rev. O. Berk etreeser, Mr. Joh Hitos, of Danville, to Miss Re ecca If artsexl of Cattawissa township, Colum- bia county. On the 7th ult., by the Rev. Daniel Barber, Mr. 'Charles 3. Chits to Miss Mart Ana Kreahmi, all of Chilisquaque township. On the 21st ult., by the same, Mr. Bowwow I.e. a to Miss Moose, bold of Chili-quaqne. I) 1 L I), On Satii'day Inst, in Augusta township, an in fant daughter of Mr. Joseph (is-s. In Turbut township, on the 14...

THE B1DDLEK, FOR THE AMERICAN. Juvenile Department. Answer to Enigma of last week. Si'.hbi'Kt America;. Answer to Charade. Piano Forte. Answer to Puzzle. No. 1. Hia Daughter. No. 2. Ho tan take the goose over first, 'eave it on the other side, return, and take the fox, then bring the goose back, leave it on this side, and take the corn over, and then return for the goose. CHARADE. My first ia the name of a saint, And in the Bible often is found ; My eeeond is an implement used By farmers, to lear off their ground My wliolo is a science, in which hove figured The most distinguished men of our age, And is practised daily by numbers, Who'd scarce know n saint from a sage. Conundrums. 1. Why is a man looking out of a garret window, so much like a crow in a gutter 1 2. Why do ladies always pull off the left stocking last 1 3. A man on going to visit a prisoner in ja il was nsked by the jailer, if he was any relation or the prisoner. The man replied. "As to brothers and sisters, I have no...

Tim Battle-axe Fanatics. -The founder tsf the Battle Axe doctrine is said to be a man named Gates, who resided sometime since in Philadelphia. His wife is also a believer in this infamous and licentious fanaticism, and a tnong the deluded followers, are twenty or thirty families residing in Chester County. The most frightful crimes have been committed by some of these madmen. But it is hoped that tho conviction and imprisonment of three or four, wHl rouse the others from the delusion. Hie details as given on the trials, are alto gether unfit for publication. One of the wo men who has been convicted, named William son, is believed to be the same female who a year or two ago, attempted to preach in the Streets of Philadelphia, and was committed once or twice for vagrancy. Gates has not yet been vrrested, but it is hoped that he will be, and also that he will be adequately punished. Phil. Museum. A bold robbery was committed at the Cleve Innd (Ohio) Post Office on the morning of the 3d...

Catholicism ta Bnref-eKBglenel. Ve 53 The following If an extract of letter from President Dcraiv, of Dickenson College, to Dr. ?f wtn, of Washington, published in the Nations! Intelligencer. President Ddrbin i now travelling in Europe. Ite bii written to hi friands t num ber of interesting letters upon various topics, full of ileep research. end philosophic observation. His lri of the Catholic religion, at an institution conformable to monarchical governments, are fully illustrated by the facts staled in thi teller r "I have carefully rtudied the Catholic religion, both as system of faith considered in iuelf, and as an external institution acting upon society as such, snJ forming an integral and necessary purl of the Government in Catholic countries. I have no doubt no intelligent Protestant in Europe can Jitubt but that Catholicism is gradually regaining its ground in Europe, under the direct or indirect patronage of most of the monarchies, because they fin J it s very convenient ...